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Originally Posted by aerovette
Use a pattern. It helps.
Example: account@last 4 digits of phone if a special character is required.
phonebill@1234
Example: account last 4 digits of phone number if no special character is required
phonebill1234
phone@1234
insurance@1234
power@1234
water1234
gas1234
If they make you change it occasionally, flip it
1234@phone
1234@insurance
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No. Just no. Oh dear God no.
Sorry, this is terrible advise on passwords. Sorry Aerovette.
My advice is to use a password organizer program. I use KeePass2 which works great for me but may not the be ideal program for everyone. There are a ton of them out there. It can generate pretty much impossible-to-break passwords with ease, or your can use whatever ones you like and it will grade you on how good they are. I have it set up so it synchronizes with several devices/computers so if I need to add one on my Linux laptop, it is in the same database as on my Windows computer or iPad/iPhone.
Other than that, keeping a notebook of passwords and having it well organized and a good hiding place is OK I guess but will get you destroyed if anyone gets their hands on it.